Owusu-Yeboah complains about precedence given Eastern over Volta

Kwasi Owusu-Yeboah, Volta Regional Minister, said on Friday that Eastern Region had been made to take precedence over the Volta Region any time institutional arrangements were made that put the two regions together.

He said: "Whilst we do not want to question the rationale behind such decisions, we do feel that they are not in the best interest of the Volta region."

He cited a recent incident when the Volta Regional Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) office was merged with that of Eastern Region to form a zonal office with its headquarters at Koforidua.

Owusu-Yeboa was speaking at the 20th anniversary celebration and fifth Biennial National Conference of the Association of Anglican Church Choirs at Ho.

He asked whether the Anglican Church in the region was not strong enough to merit the status of a diocese, for which reason it was being merged with that of the Eastern Region to form the Koforidua/Ho Diocese with the seat of the Bishop at Koforidua.

Mr Owusu-Yeboa appealed to the Church to create a separate diocese in Ho to enhance the growth and development of the Volta Region.